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gamba osaka win the first pan-pacific title thanks to their brilliant brazilian... david beckham enjoys his stay in hawaii... despite the odd argument with the referee... and more chinese and japanese success on snowboarding's world cup circuit. soccer gamba japan's gamba osaka took on major league soccer's houston dynamo in the final of the first pan-pacific championship. the american team took a surprise 11th minute lead in hawaii as ricardo clark threw himself at richard mulrooney's near-post cross. but the j-league team were level just three minutes later, through prolific brazilian bare - the scorer of gamba's goal in their semi final win over the la galaxy. there was more to come from gamba's star striker as he smashed a right-foot shot into the roof of the net to put osaka ahead. it comes as no surprise that the 26-year-old hit 20 goals in 31 j-league matches last season. bare's hat-trick arrived just after the hour mark, a clever finish to put akira nishino's team 3-1 up at the aloha stadium. fellow brazilian lucas then curled in from the edge of the area to treat the 23,000 honolulu fans to another impressive goal. dynamo 'keeper pat onstad distinctly unimpressed. 4-1 in front of a record crowd for a soccer game in hawaii. bare then grabbed his fourth and gamba's fifth in the 72nd minute before masato yamazaki, the sole japanese goalscorer on the night, made it 6-1. gamba osaka then convincing first winners of the pan-pacific championship. soccer galaxy the third place match in the inaugural four-team pan pacific championship in hawaii saw david beckham lead out la galaxy against australia's sydney f.c. galaxy grabbed an early goal thanks to a trademark cross from their captain. ely allen steamed in to meet beckham's pass with only three minutes gone. beckham's joy turned to anger ten minutes later when he was adjudged to have handled. the decision triggered a furious outburst - the midfielder took a couple of minutes to cool down but escaped without a booking. sydney got themselves level in the 42nd minute with a sensational strike. brendan renaud's shot flew past steve cronin in the l.a. goal. galaxy, though, grabbed the winner seconds before half-time with beckham involved yet again. his cross tempted neceveski out of goal, but the ball fell to josh tudela. soundbite (english) "i think the difference was that we started off a lot better. straight from the first whistle we played our football, we defended well, we worked hard and we got an early goal. so, that's always good... and we played some really good football today, as well." supercaption: david beckham, l.a. galaxy so, a final wave for the honolulu crowd. next on the galaxy's agenda is an asian tour, beginning with a friendly against f.c. seoul on the 29th. snowboard japan there was delight for the home fans in the men's world cup half-pipe at gujo in japan on saturday. seventeen-year-old kazuumi fujita took top honours with 42.2 points. the japanese boarder edged jeff batchelor of canada into second place, while gregory bretz of the us was third with 38.7. switzerland's iouri podladtchikov - who didn't compete here - still tops the overall standings with 2400 points. fujita, though, was delighted with his first victory in just his second world cup event. soundbite (japanese) "i am happy about my performance today and of course for winning in japan." supercaption: kazuumi fujita, winner another local favourite, soko yamaoka, just lost out on top place in the women's event. yamaoka's display gained 32.9 points, while world cup leader manuela laura pesko of switzerland could only finish third with 32.2. the slight fog gave zhifeng sun few problems though - she gave china their second world cup gold in a row after jiayu liu took last week's event in sungwoo.